Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 160 200
Rank change year-on-year -41 +40 -38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 136 142 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.73% 1.59% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.52% 3.94% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 126 89 70
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,850 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -13.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,862 3,605 4,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.79% 40.25% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,269 1,610 2,136
10th Percentile £30,700 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +11 60 £45,000 +28.57% 25
Hampshire -26 41 £29,500 -21.33% 12
Berkshire +39 40 £45,000 -10.00% 8
Surrey -46 14 £37,500 -16.67% 5
Oxfordshire -27 12 £32,500 -3.70% 6
Kent -43 10 £30,000 - 5
Buckinghamshire -15 8 £67,500 +92.86% 11
East Sussex -10 4 £40,000 -32.20% 6
West Sussex -18 4 £70,000 +40.00% 5
Middlesex +17 2 £65,000 - 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 33 (24.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (22.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (7.35%) Apache
3 10 (7.35%) nginx
4 2 (1.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.74%) IIS
Applications
1 45 (33.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.47%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.74%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 88 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (52.21%) Azure
3 40 (29.41%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.09%) Google Workspace
4 11 (8.09%) IaaS
5 10 (7.35%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (6.62%) Azure Functions
6 9 (6.62%) Serverless
7 8 (5.88%) Power Automate
7 8 (5.88%) SaaS
8 7 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.41%) AWS
10 4 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.94%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.47%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 47 (34.56%) Firewall
2 44 (32.35%) DNS
3 39 (28.68%) DHCP
4 23 (16.91%) VLAN
4 23 (16.91%) VPN
5 20 (14.71%) LAN
5 20 (14.71%) WAN
6 19 (13.97%) VoIP
7 15 (11.03%) SSL
8 14 (10.29%) TCP/IP
8 14 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.41%) Wireless
10 4 (2.94%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (2.94%) LTE
10 4 (2.94%) VSAT
10 4 (2.94%) WLAN
11 2 (1.47%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.68%) Metadata
3 5 (3.68%) Power BI
4 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.21%) Power Query
4 3 (2.21%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.47%) GIS
6 1 (0.74%) Big Data
6 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Git
2 3 (2.21%) JIRA
General
1 105 (77.21%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.50%) Finance
3 15 (11.03%) Retail
4 10 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.94%) Electronics
7 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.47%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.47%) French Language
9 2 (1.47%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.74%) Aviation
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (36.76%) IT Support
2 29 (21.32%) Analyst
3 21 (15.44%) IT Engineer
3 21 (15.44%) Support Engineer
3 21 (15.44%) Support Technician
4 20 (14.71%) IT Analyst
4 20 (14.71%) IT Support Analyst
4 20 (14.71%) IT Support Engineer
4 20 (14.71%) Support Analyst
5 18 (13.24%) 1st Line Support
5 18 (13.24%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 16 (11.76%) Senior
7 13 (9.56%) Operations Manager
8 12 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (8.82%) Senior IT Support
9 11 (8.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 11 (8.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 11 (8.09%) Senior IT Engineer
9 11 (8.09%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) .NET
2 7 (5.15%) Web Services
3 3 (2.21%) PySpark
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.38%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.62%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.47%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (1.47%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.47%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.47%) PKI
4 2 (1.47%) Replication
4 2 (1.47%) SCADA
4 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.74%) IoT
5 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 60 (44.12%) Windows
2 41 (30.15%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.50%) Linux
4 16 (11.76%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.82%) Mac OS
6 9 (6.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.74%) Android
8 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (45.59%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (30.15%) Customer Service
3 32 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 28 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (20.59%) Mentoring
5 25 (18.38%) ITIL
6 24 (17.65%) Computer Science
7 23 (16.91%) High Availability
8 22 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (14.71%) Project Delivery
10 18 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (11.76%) Migration
12 15 (11.03%) ITSM
13 14 (10.29%) Kalman Filter
14 13 (9.56%) Data Privacy
15 11 (8.09%) Mobile Device Management
16 10 (7.35%) Business Continuity
16 10 (7.35%) ERP
16 10 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 10 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.97%) PowerShell
2 17 (12.50%) SQL
3 11 (8.09%) Python
3 11 (8.09%) Ruby
4 9 (6.62%) C#
5 4 (2.94%) Bash
5 4 (2.94%) Perl
6 3 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.21%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 74 (54.41%) Degree
2 40 (29.41%) A+ Certification
3 31 (22.79%) Azure Certification
4 16 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
5 13 (9.56%) DBS Check
6 12 (8.82%) Security Cleared
7 11 (8.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (8.09%) SC Cleared
8 10 (7.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.41%) HNC
10 5 (3.68%) CCNA
10 5 (3.68%) HND
10 5 (3.68%) MCSE
10 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (2.94%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.21%) MCSA
13 2 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (1.47%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (5.88%) GDPR
4 7 (5.15%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.68%) QA
6 4 (2.94%) NCSC
7 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (33.09%) Active Directory
2 35 (25.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (19.12%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.35%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.68%) Squid
5 5 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (27.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.09%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.68%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.47%) SCCM
4 2 (1.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.74%) Autotask
5 1 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 133 (97.79%) Microsoft
2 40 (29.41%) VMware
3 23 (16.91%) Veeam
4 18 (13.24%) Cisco
5 15 (11.03%) Apple
6 12 (8.82%) Datto
7 11 (8.09%) Google
7 11 (8.09%) SonicWALL
8 9 (6.62%) Oracle
9 7 (5.15%) ServiceNow
10 6 (4.41%) HubSpot
11 4 (2.94%) Acronis
11 4 (2.94%) Citrix
11 4 (2.94%) ConnectWise
11 4 (2.94%) N-able
12 3 (2.21%) Meraki
12 3 (2.21%) Sophos
13 2 (1.47%) Alteryx
13 2 (1.47%) Dell
13 2 (1.47%) Symantec